Lùdéjì 2:3

3 Lùdé jiù qù le , lái dào tiánjiān , zaì shōugē de rénshēn hòu shí qǔ maìsuì . tā qià qiǎo dào le Yǐlì mǐ lè bĕn zú de rén , Bōesī nà kuaì tián lǐ .

Lùdéjì 2:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 2:3

And she went, and came
That is, she went out of the house where she was, and out of the city, and came into the field; though, according to the Midrash ^F16, she marked the ways as she went, before she entered into the field, and then came back to the city to observe the marks and signs she made, that she might not mistake the way, and might know how to come back again:

and gleaned in the field after the reapers;
when they had cut down and bound up the corn, what fell and was left she picked up, having first asked leave so to do:

and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz,
who was of the kindred of Elimelech;
the providence of God so ordering and directing it; for though it was hap and chance to her, and what some people call good luck, it was according to the purpose, and by the providence and direction of God that she came to the reapers in that part of the field Boaz, a near kinsman of her father-in-law, was owner of, and asked leave of them to glean and follow them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Midrash Ruth, fol. 31. 4. Vid. Jarchi & Alshech in loc.

Lùdéjì 2:3 In-Context

1 Ná é mǐ de zhàngfu Yǐlì mǐ lè de qīnzú zhōng , yǒu yī gèrén míng jiào Bōesī , shì yī gè dà cáizhǔ .

2 Móyē nǚzi Lùdé duì ná é mǐ shuō , róng wǒ wǎng tiánjiān qù , wǒ méng shuí de ēn , jiù zaì shuí de shēn hòu shí qǔ maìsuì . ná é mǐ shuō , nǚér a , nǐ zhǐguǎn qù .

3 Lùdé jiù qù le , lái dào tiánjiān , zaì shōugē de rénshēn hòu shí qǔ maìsuì . tā qià qiǎo dào le Yǐlì mǐ lè bĕn zú de rén , Bōesī nà kuaì tián lǐ .

4 Bōesī zhēng cóng Bólìhéng lái , duì shōugē de rén shuō , yuàn Yēhéhuá yǔ nǐmen tóng zaì . tāmen huídá shuō , yuàn Yēhéhuá cì fú yǔ nǐ .

5 Bōesī wèn jiān guǎn shōugē de púrén shuō , nà shì shuí jiā de nǚzi .